Captain Planet ofCaptain Planet and the Planeteersis trending with fans celebrating the eco-friendly superhero in honor of Earth Day. In the classic cartoon series, Captain Planet is a superhero who’s conjured up by five young friends with magical rings using the powers of Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, and Heart. He would also star in his own sequel seriesThe New Adventures of Captain Planetin the mid 1990s.
For many years, fans have associatedCaptain Planetwith Earth Day because of the show’s themes of environmentalism. Earth Day 2021 brings no changes to that tradition, as the day has fans everywhere remembering the legendary superhero. At the very least, the catchy theme song is getting sung by random fans, sometimes in awkward situations where nobody else around them is familiar with the show.
“Y’all can try as hard as you want to save the earth but we all know deep down that the only one who can save it is Captain Planet,” one fan says on Twitter. “He’s our hero and is going to take pollution down to zero.”
“Growing up watchingCaptain Planet, I realized how important it is tosave the earth,” says someone else. “May our powers combine to make this earth truly a place for our future generation. #EarthDay2021”
Including a video clip of theCaptain Planetintro, another fan wrote, “Every year on Earth Day I can’t help but think of theCaptain Planettheme song.” Just be aware that the song will be stuck in your head all day if you watch the video, if it’s not already just from being Earth Day.
The Earth-loving superhero was also given a new piece of fan art from someone who “drew Captain Planet in honor of #EarthDay,” which you can take a look at below.
“Principal today started the morning announcements with theCaptain Planettheme, and though I was jamming out and flooded with nostalgia I am pretty sure none of our elementary students know who Captain Planet is… Happy Earth Day Fam!” tweeted an elementary school teacher. At least the faculty there has an appreciation for a certain cartoon superhero team from the 1990s.
KOCO 5 news morning anchor Jason Hackett similarly tweeted: “In honor of #EarthDay, I started singing theCaptain Planettheme song in the studio this morning. No one joined in. Not a soul. Am I out of touch?”
While Don Cheadle played Captain Planet in aFunny or Diesketch ten years ago, there’snever been an official Captain Planet movie. Various versions of a movie adaptation have been attempted over the years, but none of the projects have been able to get out of development hell. The closest we came was in 2016 when Paramount Picturesteamed up with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Wayto develop aCaptain Planetmovie written by Jono Matt and Glen Powell. Like the others before it, this seems to have died out as well.
In any case, if you want to revisit the originalCaptain Planet and the Planeteers, it’s airing all day long until midnight in honor of Earth Day onBoomerang.
